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The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) consists of over 100,000 companies that provide materials or services to the United States Department of Defense (DoD). These companies provide products needed to defend the nation and are a critical part of the DoD supply chain. DIB companies range in size from large, well-known defense contractors, like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, to small and medium-sized enterprises that provide specialized products and services, such as drones and military vehicles.

It is possible for your credit to be frozen without your knowledge. A credit freeze stops creditors from accessing your credit report, which can prevent them from approving new loans in your name. Credit freezes do not expire, so to remove them, you must contact each of the three major credit bureaus: Experian, TransUnion and Equifax. Most people place credit freezes if they suspect their personal information or identity was stolen since credit freezes help protect from fraud.

If your Apple ID was hacked, some immediate steps you can take include resetting your password and setting up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). You should also consider placing a fraud alert on your credit report. A fraud alert is helpful because it requires lenders and creditors to go through additional steps to ensure your identity in case whoever hacked your Apple ID was planning on opening credit in your name.

You can check your iPhone for viruses by checking for unfamiliar apps, seeing if your data usage has spiked, seeing an unusual number of pop-up ads and noticing if specific apps are draining your battery. A virus is a type of malicious software that can infect any device, like your iPhone, and then replicate itself on your device’s programs or files.

No, it’s not safe to password-protect PDF files because your files are not guaranteed to be protected from cybercriminals intercepting and gaining unauthorized access to your information. Often, people password-protect a PDF file to protect sensitive information and set permissions on how the PDF file can be used. If you password-protect a PDF file, you can choose whether you want a recipient of the file to view or edit the file.

Password hygiene tips to follow include using unique passwords, enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and keeping your passwords safe in a password manager. Password hygiene encapsulates the best practices for protecting your passwords and online accounts. When you practice good password hygiene, your strong passwords will prevent you from becoming a victim of cyber attacks, virus and malware infections, password breaches and more.

Keeper Password Manager was rated as a leading enterprise, mid-market and small business password manager for Summer 2024 by users on G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace.

Depending on how you use it, ChatGPT can be safe. However, to protect yourself and your data, you should be aware of some security risks. These risks include concerns over privacy, shared data with third-party sources, copycat ChatGPT websites and apps and the tool’s tendency to generate misinformation.

Password management in the healthcare industry is essential for maintaining the privacy of patient and employee information. HealthITSecurity reports that in just the first three months of 2024, there were over 115 data breaches in the healthcare industry. One of the most recent and largest data breaches in healthcare impacted over 2.3 million patients of Medical Management Resource Group at the end of 2023.

Keeper Security has once again proven its excellence by winning a group test of leading password managers conducted by Connect in Germany. The comprehensive evaluation, which included nine password managers, saw Keeper emerge as the clear “test winner” for its outstanding security, features and usability. This latest German accolade follows closely behind Keeper’s win in the CHIP Magazine’s Password Manager Test for a second consecutive year.